The advantages of a long term rehab. Why sometimes 3 months or more just offers more.

If a month at rehab can teach you what you need to know to get off, and stay off, drugs and alcohol...isn't it worth it? Learning to live without abuse isn't going to be easy, and there are no shortcuts to success; you need to take the time and make the effort to get better, and stay better. I've been to rehab twice, and even though I needed to go back a second time, I've never considered either rehab a failure, and I'm just grateful I can enjoy my life, and my family, without the pain and suffering of addiction.

Sober living housing reduces stress, offers sanctuary from temptation and improves sober social skills; and most importantly, sober living housing improves the likelihood of long term abstinence and a happy life free from substance abuse. The period right after the successful completion of a rehab stay is one of the biggest risk periods for relapse, and to minimize the risks and stress of a transition out of rehab, a lot of people very sensibly consider moving out of a residential rehab into a sober living housing environment.